The Property Tax was introduced back in 2013 and is currently charged at 0.18% on houses valued up to €1 million – grouped in a number of bands . It is charged at 0.25 % on any valuation amount over €1 million.
The valuation bands and rates were set up in 2013 and were supposed to be revalued in 2016. This revaluation was postponed by FG until November 2019. In 2019 it was then deferrred until Nov 2020 . This was mainly due to worries about voter reaction in the next election.
The Property Tax revaluation has now been put back again. Taxpayers will not have to face increased Local Property Tax bills for 2021 after the Finance Minister decided to defer the valuation date for the tax from November this year to November next year
See the 2021 Property Tax rates here.
Some house prices could have more than doubled since the last valuation.
A property in band A valued at €90,000 in 2013 could now be worth €160,000 which could see a Property Tax increase from €90 to €315 a year.
About €482 million was collected in Property Tax in 2018. If the current system remained the same – it is estimated that would increase to €729 million based on property price increases.
It is expected that the LPT will be reformed to stop some of these large increases. This could be based on a model of band widening combined with LPT rate reductions.
The government say that there will be further consultation to identify how to maintain relative stability for all taxpayers in their LPT bills and to make any increases “modest and affordable”.